<p>I'm not use to writing in forums but here goes. </p>
<p>I attended a California State school straight after high school and did poorly. My overall grades were sporadic A/B's at times, I think a C during my first year. Then the 2nd year my GPA dropped. My last semester I did not drop my courses and I remember receiving all Incompletes. I was on probation and eventually dismissed. I believe I was dismissed, not 100% certain since it has been over 15 years. </p>
<p>During those years I dabbled in community colleges but I felt very insecure of my abilities in addition to having (understandably) unsupportive family and friends. I don't remember the community colleges I attended nor my grades. I probably did not withdraw my courses soon after enrolling.</p>
<p>It has been a few years since attending any community college. I made up my mind that I want a degree and to give it one last shot. It's been a year so far with an average 3.7 - 4.0 GPA, aIthough this is the first year and I realize most courses are basic introductions. I will try to maintain at least a 3.5 and I have plans to do volunteer work soon. My question is, what are my chances of transferring to a UC school with my history? Or is it a dead end or hopeless option for me? My current plan is to earn an AA then transfer if possible.</p>
<p>First: RELAX!!!
Second: Listen to me.
Nothing is impossible, simply improbbable. Even if you had all Fs for every class you took thus far you could transfer after a VERY long period of time. What might hold you back for a while is if you took a third year class but ive heard that rule is changing. I would say that you might never make it to Berkeley HAAS lol, but could still make it to UC Davis. Remember to calculate your old GPA into your current though~it should tell you when the right time to transfer is. im sure other people have good comments too, and im bored of typing so ill stop here.</p>
<p>I’d say high. This was a while ago but in 2009 a classmate of mine got into UCLA (History) with a 3.5 as a transfer student. Keep your GPA up, volunteer/get ec’s, and write good personal statements…I’d say you could get in. An acquaintance of mine had a 3.8 and got into Berkeley with History.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying to my post! And I will try to relax, CeKelly. I’m hoping all this work isn’t futile considering my previous GPA will leave me with a bearly passing cumulative GPA in the end. At the same time, I know I deserve this. At least now I know I’m ok and to just continue with my classes. And I will look into more EC’s. Thank you!!</p>
<p>I have one other question, sorry I hadn’t asked this in the original post. My previous schools were omitted when I applied to my current community college. Would I have negative repercussions if I were to add them later, say next semester or when I start applying to other schools?</p>
<p>Hi, thanks so much for answering. I’ll look up every course I’ve taken at any colleges and submit them during transfer applications time. I omitted them in the first place because my Cal State counselor advised me to. On top of which, I couldn’t recall which community colleges I attended. </p>
<p>I never went back to CSU nor seen my transcript since. I really have no clue if the "Incomplete"s became "F"s. But if that is what happens, then I have straight Fs.</p>
<p>Well, at most schools you have one semester to complete your work. If you don’t do that, then the grade will default to the grade you would have received had you not completed the work. That grade is usually an F.</p>
<p>I would recommend visiting that school ASAP and speaking to a counselor about it. Explain the circumstances (obviously something legitimate happened if you were eligible for Is in all of those classes). Maybe you can retroactively withdraw from that semester and those Fs can be changed to Ws. I doubt you would be able to complete the work for them though, since they are old grades.</p>
<p>That is a good idea and I will see my CSU counselor soon. I’ll ask if I’m able to do anything to improve my past transcript other than going to community college. In addition to finding out if I’m even eligible to transfer. Thank you Shannon</p>